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Twitter for iPhone 4.3 update changelog leaked

, Jul 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

There are a wealth of Twitter apps to choose from on iOS, but the official client looks to be receiving a big update that should bolster its functionality and bring it up to speed with third-party offerings. 9to5Mac discovered the changelog for Twitter 4.3 through the redesigned App Store for iOS 6, and managed to take some screenshots of all the changes in the process. Those include previews, improved push notifications, and performance improvements. Read The Full Story

Apple adds new web apps to iCloud Beta

, Jul 3rd 2012 Discuss [1]

Apple isn’t just adding and improving features in iOS 6, with the company also focusing on its iCloud.com web services. MacRumors reports that Apple has activated the iCloud Beta portal for developers testing iOS 6, with new web apps appearing on the site. Those include Notes, Reminders, Calendar, and an improved Find My iPhone, will all four being tagged as “Beta”. Read The Full Story

Apple releases iOS 6 beta 2 to developers

, Jun 25th 2012 Discuss [1]

Apple today released a second beta for iOS 6 to developers. Not much is known about the update except that it's identified as build 10A5338d and that it brings some "bug fixes and improvements." iOS 6 was first introduced earlier this month at WWDC 2012. Read The Full Story

iOS 6 Maps to feature built-in Yelp check-ins

, Jun 25th 2012 Discuss [1]

Apple revealed earlier this month that it would be integrating Yelp reviews into iOS 6, but apparently that's not all. According to Bloomberg, screenshots found in the Apple developer kit indicate that Yelp's check-in feature will also be baked directly into the new iOS 6 maps app, allowing users to check-in to a location without having to leave the maps app. Read The Full Story

Apple devs ready for display boost says Piper Jaffray

, Jun 18th 2012 Discuss [3]

This past week at WWDC 2012, Apple's big developer conference for the year, analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray polled 100 developers on what they thought about a possible larger display in the iPhone 5. This discussion was expanded with talk of a possible iPad Mini, this expanding the number of displays that an iOS developer would potentially have to create apps for to 4 or more, this one heck of a lot more than ever before for Apple's mobile operating system. Read The Full Story

Apple plans Podcast App for iOS 6 release

, Jun 15th 2012 Discuss [3]

Though not revealed this past week at WWDC 2012, Apple may well be pushing a Podcasts app in its final build of iOS 6 for all the mobile devices it's built for. This information comes from AllThingsD where they've got a tip that the disappearance of podcasts from the newest version of iTunes is the first in a series of signs that portend a future where Apple gives the podcast concept a much bigger spotlight in the iOS universe. Beginning with iTunes on mobile devices and spreading by the end of this year to desktop versions of iTunes, you'll find that the podcast section in the iTunes store will have become something entirely different. Read The Full Story

iOS 6 makes apps ask for permission before accessing your data

, Jun 14th 2012 Discuss [6]

When you download an application from the iTunes store today for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, that app is not allowed to access your address book without you saying so - in iOS 6, that ability is expanded drastically. While the application known as Path started a wildfire several months ago when it was revealed to be accessing user contacts without their permission, it's a relatively giant waterfall of permissions you'll be working with later this year in the next generation in Apple's mobile operating system. The iDevice software known as iOS 6 was revealed this week at WWDC 2012 with a Beta release out now. Read The Full Story

iOS 6 upgrades iTunes Match for streaming music

, Jun 13th 2012 Discuss [4]

If you were a fan of Apple's iTunes Match cloud-based music service before, once iOS 6 launches you're really going to be in love. This is because while the service has always been implied as a streaming content service, while you played any song in your library in the cloud it was also downloaded to your device. With it's upgrade to a new version in iOS 6, Apple's iPhone and iPad-friendly music service will be able to truly stream music - not taking the opportunity to download the music to your device as it does so. Read The Full Story

iOS 6 signals Apple legacy device drop-off

, Jun 13th 2012 Discuss [36]

For those of you that did not know, iOS 6 was revealed this week at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference 2012, and with it came news that several older model mobile devices, including the original iPad, would no longer be getting updates past version 5. Included in the update to Apple's latest mobile operating system are the iPhone 3GS, 4, and 4S, iPod touch models older than the 4th generation, and the iPad 2 and 3. Everything older than this will more than likely have service updates if bugs arise in the future with iOS 5, but they will not be traveling up unto the 6th iteration of Apple's mobile environment. Read The Full Story

iPhone 5 renders show most amazing vision yet

, Jun 13th 2012 Discuss [23]

This morning several renders (read: 3D illustrations) have been released showing an iPhone 5 concept that take us closer to the rumored Apple device than we've ever visually gotten before. What we're looking at here are several views of what one 3D illustrator by the name of Martin Urecht presents as "Could it be? Based on leaked videos/photos", the set of images you're about to view modeled in the rendering application Rhinoceros 3D. Read The Full Story

Apple using Waze data in new iOS 6 Maps

, Jun 13th 2012 Discuss [8]

TomTom spilled the beans in a press release yesterday, saying that Apple had licensed part of its mapping solutions and information for use in the new Maps app in iOS 6. Details about exactly what is being used has been intentionally left vague. How about the crowd sourced data that Apple was keen to promote at the keynote? Turns out it could be coming from Waze, a navigation app that provides crowd sourced traffic data from via user interaction. Read The Full Story

Apple details iOS 6 limits: no FaceTime 3G for iPhone 3GS/4

, Jun 13th 2012 Discuss [30]

Apple couldn't resist a brief jibe at Android over how many users have Ice Cream Sandwich, but the company has quietly admitted that while iPhone 3GS and 4 owners will get iOS 6, they won't get all the features. In the freshly posted small-print on the iOS 6 preview page, Apple confirmed that much-anticipated functionality like FaceTime over cellular would be limited to the iPhone 4S and new iPad, while 3GS owners would also miss out on Shared Photo Streams. Read The Full Story
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